Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 10
मनसातीवलोलोऽभूत्काशीदर्शनलालसः । सहस्रचरणोप्यैच्छत्तदा खे नैकपादताम्
manasātīvalolo'bhūtkāśīdarśanalālasaḥ | sahasracaraṇopyaicchattadā khe naikapādatām
ដោយសេចក្តីប្រាថ្នាចង់ឃើញកាសី ចិត្តរបស់ព្រះអាទិត្យក៏រំភើបរវើរវាយយ៉ាងខ្លាំង; ទោះមានជើងពាន់ ក៏នៅពេលនោះក្នុងមេឃ ទ្រង់ប្រាថ្នាឲ្យមានតែជើងមួយ ដើម្បីទៅឲ្យលឿនជាងមុន។
Skanda (deduced, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame: Skanda to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Sūrya, burning with eagerness to see Kāśī, becomes mentally restless and seeks a swifter mode—symbolically desiring ‘one-footedness’ in the sky to go faster.
FAQs
Yearning for darśana of a sacred place is itself portrayed as a powerful devotional impulse that hastens one toward dharma.
Kāśī, whose very sight (darśana) is presented as so desirable that even Sūrya hastens toward it.
None; the verse highlights bhāva (inner longing) for Kāśī-darśana rather than an external rite.